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Tag Archives: CPEP
SURVIVING PSYCHIATRY: A User’s Manual
SURVIVING PSYCHIATRY: A User’s Manual by Anne C Woodlen This 60-page collection of 23 essays recently sold out at Dr. Peter Breggin’s Empathic Therapy Conference and now is available for sale to you. “The great jazz bassist Ron Carter once … Continue reading
Posted in Benjamin Rush Center, Community General Hospital, CPEP, depression, doctor, drugs, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Inpatient psychiatry, mental illness, Mental Patients Liberation Alliance, NYS Office of Mental Health, patient, physician, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, psychiatry, St. Joseph's Hospital, Suicide, Support line, Unit 3-6, Upstate Medical Center
Tagged anger, Antidepressant, Bipolar disorder, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, CPEP, depression, Diagnosis, doctor, drugs, Emergency psychiatry, God, hospital, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, inpatient psychiatry, Lorazepam, medication, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental illness, NYS Office of Mental Health, Patient, Peter Breggin, pharmaceuticals, physician, psychiatrist, Psychiatry, sleep apnea, Social work, St. Joseph's Hospital, suicide, survivor, therapist, therapy, Unit 3-6, Upstate Medical Center
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Doing what’s Right
It started, of course, with a nightmare, which led to a long train of memories, none of them pleasurable or comforting. It ended with this: tomorrow afternoon I have an appointment with my therapist and her supervisor. Dick Gottlieb and I, … Continue reading
Posted in CPEP, patient, psychiatric patient, psychiatry
Tagged Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Bhagavad Gita, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, CPEP, Emergency psychiatry, God, Gottlieb, Mental disorder, mental illness, Patient, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, Psychiatry, psychologist, psychotherapy, therapist, therapy
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How to Complain: The Empathic Therapy Conference
Of her bout with CPEP, Ms R says, “This ordeal not only left my child traumatized, but me as well that I am now seeking a psychologist for her and myself.” When seeking a therapist after you have suffered psychiatric … Continue reading
Posted in Community General Hospital, CPEP, doctor, drugs, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Inpatient psychiatry, Mental Patients Liberation Alliance, NYS Office of Mental Health, patient, physician, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, psychiatry, St. Joseph's Hospital, Upstate Medical Center
Tagged abuse, Chemical imbalance, complain, complaint, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, CPEP, doctor, empathic therapist, hospital, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, inpatient psychiatry, malpractice, Mental disorder, mental illness, NIMH, NYS Office of Mental Health, Patient, power, psychiatric maltreatment, Psychiatry, psychotherapy, Richard Gottlieb, schizophrenia, St. Joseph's Hospital, therapist, trauma
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How to Complain: Writing the Complaint
For starters, Ms R, your written message to me was just fine. You don’t have to be “a very good writer” to file a written complaint. You are not in high school and the English teacher is not going to … Continue reading
Posted in Community General Hospital, CPEP, doctor, drugs, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Inpatient psychiatry, mental illness, Mental Patients Liberation Alliance, NYS Office of Mental Health, patient, physician, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, psychiatry, St. Joseph's Hospital, Upstate Medical Center
Tagged complain, complaint, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, CPEP, doctor, drugs, hospital, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, incident, inpatient psychiatry, investigate, medication, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental health counselor, mental illness, NYS Office of Mental Health, Patient, physician, power, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, Psychiatry, report
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How to Complain: About CPEP
Today’s mail brought this message from Ms R: “I would like to learn how to complain. My child and I had a three-day ordeal with Stonybrook CPEP, Long Island, NY, in which I am trying to draft a letter to send … Continue reading
Posted in Benjamin Rush Center, Community General Hospital, CPEP, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Inpatient psychiatry, NYS Office of Mental Health, patient, physician, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, psychiatry, St. Joseph's Hospital, Upstate Medical Center
Tagged advocacy, complain, complaint, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, CPEP, Dept. of Education, Dept. of Health, doctor, Emergency psychiatry, hospital, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, inpatient psychiatry, insurance company, Long Island, Medicaid, Medicare, Mental disorder, mental illness, NYS Commission on Quality of Care, NYS Office of Mental Health, Office of Professional Medical Conduct, OPMC, PAIMI, Patient, physician, Protection and advocacy, psychiatric emergency, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, St. Joseph's Hospital, Upstate Medical Center
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How to Complain: PAIMI and the MHLS
So, for starters, agencies that have PAIMI (Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness) should change their policy so that anyone can refer a mentally ill person for protection. The lawyer can take the information from anyone, then go find the mentally … Continue reading
Posted in CPEP, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Inpatient psychiatry, patient, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, psychiatry
Tagged advocacy, attorney, clinically incompetent, competency, complain, complaint, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, CPEP, Diagnosis, doctor, Dr. Jane Kou, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, inpatient, inpatient psychiatry, law, lawyer, legally incompetent, Mental disorder, Mental Hygiene Legal Service, mental illness, MHLS, NYS Mental Hygiene Law, PAIMI, Patient, power, protection, Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, Psychiatry
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